Saw-handle



(No Model?) J. BEAULIEU.

SAW HANDLE.

No. 384,500 Patented June 12, 1888.

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JOHN BEAULIEU, OF AROATA, CALIFORNIA.

SAW-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,500, dated June 12.1888.

Application filed February 17, 1888. Serial No. 264,339. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN BEAULIEU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arcata, in the county of Humboldt and State of California,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saw-Handles, of which thefollowingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in saw-handles, relating moreparticularly to the construction and attachment of the securingloopthereof; and it consists in the construction and novel combination ofparts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspcctive view of the deviceattached to one end of a saw and with the handle attached. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical longitudinal section of the handle-loop. Fig. 3represents a perspective view of the handle loop and thumb-screwdetached.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a sawblade, having itsend passed through the longitudinal slot 1) in the unthreaded lower partor stem, 1), of the screw B to a point not reaching the teeth. The saidscrew passes through a vertical opening, 0, in the block 0, the backedge of the saw-blade resting in the longitudinal groove 0' of saidblock on the lower surface thereof.

D is a thumb nut engaging the upper threaded end of the screw B, andforcing the washer cl down on the upper-surface of the block 0, so as tobind the saw in the slot 1) and its back edge in the groove 0.

The blocl O has a cylindrical arm or stem, E, provided at a proper pointwith a circumferential groove, e, and fitting and turning in the sleevefof the handle loop F, through a threaded opening in which passes theretaining-screw g, the point of which enters the groove 6 and preventsthe stem E from being gvithdrawn, while permitting the same to re ate.

G is the eye of the loop F,- into which eye the handle H is inserted,and I is a flange at the end of the sleeve f, provided at suitabledistances apart with the notches ii, any one of which can be turned intoalignment with the groove 0 on the lower surface of the block 0.

In fixing the handle in position the proper notch i is brought intoalignment with the groove 0, the saw-blade is inserted in the slot atany desired angle to the plane of the saw-.

blade, the amount of the angle depending upon the notch 3 brought intoalignment with the v groove 0'.

The device as described is simple, strong, and durable, and thesaw-blade can be easily and rapidly secured at any angle to the handleswithout removing the latter from the eyes of the loops.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of thehandle-loop having an eye and a sleeve at right angles to the eye, theblock swiveled in said sleeve and projecting from the end of the same,and the slot ted screw inserted through the end of the block andadjustably secu red therein, as set forth. 2. The combination, with thesaw-blade, the slotted screw, and the thumb-nut and washer, of the blockhaving an opening for said screw and a longitudinal groove at rightangles to said opening for the back edge of the sawblade, and thehandleloop swiveled on said block and provided adjacent to the blockwith the circumferential flange having notches c, any one of which maybe turned into align ment with the groove in the block, substantially asspecified.

3. The herein-described saw-handle securing device, composed of thescrew B, provided with the longitudinal slot 1), the thumb-nut D and itswasher d, the block O,having the screwopening 0, the longitudinal groove0, and the stem E, provided with the circumferential groove 6, thehandle-loop having the eye G, the sleeve f, and flange I, provided withthe notches i, and the retaining-screw g, passing through a threadedopening on the sleeve, and with its point in the groove 0, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ow n1 have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BEA ULIEU.

Witnesses HANs ANDERSEN, F. R. EMERSON.

